diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/AI_docs/TODO_rt_namespace_harmonization.md b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/AI_docs/TODO_rt_namespace_harmonization.md
index 07968972..bc7398e1 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/AI_docs/TODO_rt_namespace_harmonization.md
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/AI_docs/TODO_rt_namespace_harmonization.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ real-time system, and the names match across all three endstations.
 | Function | flOMNI name | former name |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | BEC device enable rtx/rty/rtz | `rt_on()` / `rt_off()` | unchanged |
-| feedback | `rt_feedback_enable_with_reset()`, `rt_feedback_enable_without_reset()`, `rt_feedback_disable()`, `rt_feedback_status()` | `feedback_*` |
+| feedback | `rt_feedback_enable_with_reset()`, `rt_feedback_enable_without_reset()`, `rt_feedback_disable()`, `rt_feedback_status()` | `feedback_*` (kept as aliases) |
 | laser tracker | `rt_laser_tracker_on()`, `rt_laser_tracker_off()`, `rt_laser_tracker_show_all()`, `rt_laser_tracker_tweak()` | `laser_tracker_*`, `laser_parameters_tweak_tracking` |
 | signal strength | `rt_signal_strength()`, alias `show_signal_strength_interferometer()` | `show_signal_strength_interferometer` |
 | loop settings (staff) | `rt_settings` incl. `tracking_show/set_target_y/set_target_z/set_interferometer_threshold/set_psd_threshold_low` | `realtime_system`, `laser_parameters_*` |
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ real-time system, and the names match across all three endstations.
 
 - `rt_on` / `rt_off` already exist (line ~774).
 - `feedback_enable_with_reset`, `feedback_enable_without_reset`, `feedback_disable`, `feedback_status`
-  -> `rt_feedback_*`; also `feedback_disable_and_reset_angle` -> `rt_feedback_disable_and_reset_angle`.
+  -> `rt_feedback_*` (keep the old names as aliases, as on flOMNI); also `feedback_disable_and_reset_angle` -> `rt_feedback_disable_and_reset_angle`.
 - `show_signal_strength` -> `rt_signal_strength` (keep the old name as an alias).
 - LamNI has no laser tracker and no `rt_settings` (no web HMI loop settings).
 - Callers: `plugins/LamNI/x_ray_eye_align.py` and `plugins/omny/x_ray_eye_align.py` (the LamNI one calls
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ real-time system, and the names match across all three endstations.
 ## OMNY (`plugins/omny/omny.py`, `plugins/omny/omny_rt.py`)
 
 - `rt_on` / `rt_off` already exist (`omny.py` ~2166).
-- `omny_rt.py`: `feedback_*` -> `rt_feedback_*`, `laser_tracker_on/off/show_all` -> `rt_laser_tracker_*`,
+- `omny_rt.py`: `feedback_*` -> `rt_feedback_*` (old names as aliases), `laser_tracker_on/off/show_all` -> `rt_laser_tracker_*`,
   `laser_tracker_check_and_wait_for_signalstrength` -> `rt_laser_tracker_check_and_wait_for_signalstrength`,
   `show_signal_strength_interferometer` -> `rt_signal_strength` + alias.
 - Callers: OMNY tomo/alignment code, `docs/user/ptychography/omny.md`, `test_omny_tomo_scan.py`
diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py
index 689309da..59df523e 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/flomni/flomni.py
@@ -701,6 +701,12 @@ class FlomniSampleTransferMixin:
         else:
             print("The rt feedback is \x1b[91mNOT\x1b[0m running.")
 
+    # the familiar names, kept as aliases
+    feedback_disable = rt_feedback_disable
+    feedback_enable_with_reset = rt_feedback_enable_with_reset
+    feedback_enable_without_reset = rt_feedback_enable_without_reset
+    feedback_status = rt_feedback_status
+
     # detector trigger: flomni.rt_settings.trigger_* (the former flomni.interferometer_trigger_* removed
     # 2026-10-23, Mirko: "interferometer" was confusing next to flomni.laser_*)
 
diff --git a/docs/user/ptychography/flomni.md b/docs/user/ptychography/flomni.md
index 66d0aac8..ad39c6fd 100644
--- a/docs/user/ptychography/flomni.md
+++ b/docs/user/ptychography/flomni.md
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ _There is also an enable without reset, which is used during tomography scans, w
 - `flomni.rt_feedback_disable()`
 - `flomni.rt_feedback_status()`
 
+The former names `flomni.feedback_enable_with_reset()`, `feedback_enable_without_reset()`, `feedback_disable()`
+and `feedback_status()` still work.
+
 #### Detector trigger: position stability
 
 In step scans the detector is triggered when the sample is stable at the scan point: the relative position